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february 2004

Supreme Court of India · 2004-02-24

Chinnamma vs State Of Kerala

Citation / case number
AIR 2004 SUPREME COURT 2816
Court
Supreme Court of India
Petitioner
Chinnamma
Respondent
State Of Kerala
Bench
N.Santosh Hegde, B P Singh

Judgment text excerpt

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 302 IPC for the murder of her sister-in-law, Suma Varghese, affirming the findings of the trial court and the High Court. The Court found that the dying declarations made by the deceased, which implicated the appellant, were credible and corroborated by other evidence. The appellant's claims of accidental burns were rejected, establishing that the prosecution had proven the case beyond reasonable doubt, leading to the dismissal of the appeal.

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